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Abbotsford Avenue: (1903) Geraldine Street / 26 Sunny Bank Road 1-25 and 2-26

Abbott Clough: (1893) stream crossing Accrington Road from Knuzden

Abbott Clough Toll-House: (1848) Accrington Road

Abbott Street: (1836-1959) 109 Harwood Street Nos 5/7 (1903) demolished

Aberdare Close: (1966)

Aberdeen Drive: (1982)

Abraham Street: (1870-1992) Mosley Street off 70 Highfield Street Nos 29-39 and 4-116; 29-51 and 2-156 (1992)

Acacia Walk: (1982)

Accrington Road (Council) Primary School: (1899-1930) mixed and infants; (1939-51) senior mixed. Was erected in 1898-9 at a cost including site and furnishing of £8,580 a new wing was added in 1908 at a cost of £4,500. It was lit by electricity and ventilated by fans worked with electric power.

Accrington Open Air School: (1924-5)

Accrington Road: (1851) 66 Furthergate Nos 15-357 and 2-310; 15-401 and 14-312 (1998)

Accrington Road Secondary Modern School: (1951) mixed

Acorn Street: (1903-82) 209 Audley range Nos 2-8

Acrefield: (1991) Beardwood

Acre House: (1848) Livesey

Action Factory Community Arts Ltd.: (1995) cultural community work Simmons Street (knocked down in 2002)

Ada Street: (1885-1982) 40 Devonport Road Nos 2-14

Addington Street: (1870-1982) 33 Audley Street Nos 1-47 and 2-60; 2-22 (1998)

Addison Close: (1982)

Addison Street & Back: (1844) 56 George St West Nos 13-209 and 14-188; 143-171 and 114-188 (1998)

Addison Street Mill: owned by John & R Brandwood (1870-8) cotton manufacturers

Addison Street Church School: opened by Bishop of Manchester 9/1876

Adelaide Road: (1885) Duke's Brow Nos 1-5 and 2

Adelaide Street: (1844-1959) 39 Montague Street Nos 1-51 and 2-42

Adelaide Street (Back): (1851) Leyland Street

Adelaide Terrace: (1870) 102 Preston New Road / Duke's Brow named after Queen Adelaide consort to William IV Nos 1-5 and 4-58 plus Rydal Mount 2-6 and Robin's Nest

Adelaide Villas: (1870) 31 Duke's Brow/10 & 12 Adelaide Terrace

Admiralty Recruiting Office: (1942) 47 Eanam

Agate Street: (1899) 336 Whalley New Road Nos 1-19

Agnes Street: (1903-82) 104 Stansfeld Street Nos 1-13

Agricultural Show (Blackburn): held in Witton Park in 1843, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1964

Agricultural Show (Blackburn & East Lancs.): held in 1873, 1874 and 1875 in Witton Park.

Agricultural Show (Royal Lancashire): held 1881, 1898, 1915, 1929 and in Witton Park 1951 returned in 1980, 1981, 1982.

Agricultural Show (Royal North Lancashire): held in 1853 on Feniscliffe Farm at junction of Preston Old Road and Tower Road.

Ailsa Road: (1959) Shadsworth

Ainsworth Court: (1870-1941) Cherry Tree

Ainsworth Street: (1885) Witton Nos 1-27

Ainsworth Street & Back: (1795) (New Road) off Church Street named after Joseph Ainsworth overseer of the poor of Cable House. 14 Victoria Street (1929) Nos 5-51 and 6-66; 25-27a and 2-22 & 56 (1998)

Ainsworth Street: (1870) Cross Street Grimshaw Park

Ainsworth Street Mill: a small 3 storey mill adjoining Merchant Street built by Henry Sudell in the early 1800s it was worked as a silk mill by S & J Broadbent in 1824. Purchased by John Alston in 1834 and leased to J Heaps & Co. with 88 looms. Part tenanted by John Fish (1843-6). George Miller & Co. with 175 looms used the mill (1846-8) with 100 employees. William Alston & Co. took over in 1848. Demolished in 1952.

Air Training Corps HQ: Preston New Road now near St. Mark's Club Preston Old Road. Founded in 1941 two squadrons 1261 and 1973

Aker Street; (1966)

Alaska Street: (1903-82) 75 Mosley Street Nos 3-23 and 4-24 demolished 2008

Albany Place: (1929) 77 Revidge Road

Albany Road: (1903) 170 Revidge Road Nos 14-20

Albert Buildings: (1852-1949) Market House 57 King William Street

Albert Court: (1870) Frances Ann Street

Albert House: (1929-49) Spring Bank Terrace 

Albert Mill Gate Street Copy Nook: built by William Dickinson had a 60hp beam engine by Rothwell & Co. Bolton with 148 looms and 11,024 spindles, closed in 1865. Owned by Albert Mill Co (Blackburn) Ltd
(1872-1922) cotton spinners & manufacturers 18,000 spindles 1018 looms shirtings installed a second beam engine by W & J Yates in 1872. Also owned Columbia Mill Lower Hollin Bank Street (1888-91) Spinning ended in 1890s with looms increased to 983, ceased operation in (1927-8) and sold in 1929. Cunliffe & Ward wallpaper manufacturers then Cobble Bros. tufting machine makers took over 1956.

Albert Mill George Street West: owned by Henry Green & Sons (1870-94) cotton spinners & manufacturers with Throstle Nest Mill 31,0000 spindles 657 looms shirtings and T cloths then by Thomas Marsden (1902); Henry Harrison & Son (1903-4) followed by Blackburn Commercial Mill Co Ltd (1912-30) cotton manufacturers

Albert Mill Highfield Road / Hall Street Nova Scotia: built (1852-3) by Thomas Forrest and Bros. and James Shorrock. Occupied by Forrest Brother & Co (1852-1933) cotton spinners & manufacturers 16,220 spindles 520 looms shirtings and madapollams then sold to Frederick Textiles Ltd (1933-59) followed by Creban Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Albert Mill (“Mushroom") Aqueduct Street (Road): owned by Mossop family (1880) cotton weavers then Lucas' Ltd (1902-58) cotton manufacturers had 313 looms.

Albert Mill (Mushroom) Queen Street Livesey: built by Thomas Kirkham 1854 who went bankrupt in 1856. Tenants included W R Wood, Emmett & Whalley and David Mercer (1869) followed by Cotton & Slater (1869) owned by Thomas Cotton (1878-89) cotton manufacturer Cotton Brothers (1891) 411 looms mulls jacconettes and cambrics. William Lucas (1889?-94) as Lucas Ltd. operated the mill until its closure in 1958. William Birtwistle Allied Mills converted it to their main local offices and merchanting centre

Albert Place: (1881-1979) Fore Street Lower Darwen Nos 9-11

Albert Place; (1851-1982) 14 Montague Street

Albert Place Mill Lower Darwen: owned by T & R Eccles Ltd (1930-51) cotton manufacturers

Albert Street: (1870-1982) opp 38 Peel Street Livesey No 2

Albert Terrace: (1903) Azalea Road

Albert Works Ainsworth Street & Merchant Street: (1870) owned by James Eastwood iron & brass founder and finisher

Alberta Close: (1982)

Albion Cotton Works Albion Street Ewood Livesey: a spinning and weaving mill built in 1856-8 by George Whiteley & Co Ltd. cotton spinners & manufacturers (1856-1951) 34,000 spindles 570 looms shirtings and madapollams. The spinning factory had 30,000 mule spindles and the weaving shed 480 looms powered by a double beam engine by Woods Bros. of Sowerby Bridge. Production came to a halt in 1975 due to lack of orders. Had 22,104 spindles and 264 looms. The 50 ton flywheel and the double beam steam engine were scrapped in 1951. Harry Oates & Sons (Blackburn) Ltd (1958) metal reed suppliers. Demolished July 2010.

Albion Mill (Commercial Mill) (Old Shuttle Shop) Daisyfield: started 1854 as a shuttle and bobbin works. Holden Brothers converted it to weaving (1855-6). A number of tenants included Leeming & Wood (1865) and Bowler & Nightingale (1875). No weaving after 1878. Demolished by John Dugdale in 1887 for extensions to Daisyfield Mill.

Albion Road: (1870) Ewood Bridge / Bolton Road

Albion Street; (1903) 66 Livesey Branch Road Nos 2-4 and 3-7 / 31

Albion Terrace: (1881-1929) Wellington Road  / 125 Livesey Branch Road

Albion Yard; (1872-1959) 7 Syke Street / 80 Penny Street

Albus Spar Villas; (1903-49) Preston New Road

Alder Bank; (1844) Wensley Fold

Alder Street: (1903) Bay Street Little Harwood Nos 2 and 14

Aldwych Place: (1929) 198 Cornelian Street

Alexandra Crescent: (1870) West Park Road

Alexandra House: (1982)

Alexandra (Picture) Palace (Penks) Dock Street Higher Eanam: (1909-62) once reputed to being the oldest purpose built picture house in the world, was built by the Pendleton Brothers. It was opened to the public on Easter Tuesday 13 April 1909 and became a Bingo hall in 1962 was sold for a retail outlet in 1980 closing in 1990 and was demolished in 1999. Manager: J A Sutcliffe (1915)

Alexandra Meadows: See East Lancashire Cricket Club.

Alexandra Mill (T'Alec) Mary Street/Audley Range: built in 1865 by Bullough & Eaves for weaving. Owned by James Briggs & Co (1868-79) cotton manufacturers then John Dugdale & Sons purchased (1879-94) leased Birtwistle and Riley (1889-1911) and Sharples and Houghton (1891) 704 looms shirtings jacconettes etc. Alexandra Mill Co Ltd (1894-1934) cotton manufacturers then Charmfyl Rayon Mills Ltd (1939) Site cleared mid 1970s.

Alexandra Road: (1870) 76 Duke's Brow named after Princess Alexandra who married Edward VII Nos 1-95 and 2-18

Alexandra Terrace: (1881-1941) Wellington Road / 117 Livesey Branch Road

Alexandra Terrace: (built 1902) 73 St. James' Road Nos 73-81

Alexandra Villas: (1870-1949) 31 Duke's Brow

Alfred Street: (1870-1982) 8 Brookhouse Lane

Alhambra Palace Music Hall Market Street Lane: opened 3/5/1880 proprietor: M Campbell (1880-1) lessee. Changed name to Royalty (1894) later same year to Lyceum. General manager: Jon. J Mason

Alice Street: (1870-1982) Canterbury Street / 50 Harrison Street Rangling No 15

Alice Street Chapel (Wesleyan): (1879-1938) built in 1879 seated 250 persons.

Alker's Place: (1870-1959) 3 Wilpshire Street 16 Anvil Street

Alker Street: (1870-1959) 17 Higher Audley Street Nos 1-143 and 10-140

Alleys (Allows) Springs: (1795-1832). See All Hallows Spring

All Hallows Spring (Well): (1154) situated on Railway Road at the foot of Spring Mount where the Telegraph car park is now, was once the object of pilgrimages because of its medicinal properties. Its decline started with the ever increasing search for water by the Dutton & Co. and Shaw & Co. breweries. See Also St Mary's Well

Allotments:

Broadfold (1956) Little Harwood; Burnley Road; Ewood (1956), Willis Road (1939) Feniscliffe; Leyburn Road (1956); Queen's Park; Revidge (1939) Beardwood Brow/Fecitt Road (3 sites now 2); Park Lee Road (1956 closed); behind Red Rake (closed); Scotland Bank Farm (1956 closed); Sunnybank Road (1956); Teak Street (1964); Under Billinge (1956 closed); Wensley Road (closed); Wimberley Street (closed); Witton Buncer Lane;

All Saints' C of E (Rushton Memorial) Church: Nova Scotia Bolton Road the foundation stone of which was laid by Robert Hopwood Hutchinson on 8th October 1870. It was consecrated in 1872 having been built as a memorial to Dr. Rushton vicar of Blackburn who died in 1868. The gothic edifice contained 860 sittings of which 430 were free. The cost of building was £5,000 to a design by Messrs. Stevens and Robinson. Services conducted from here at the Ragged School, Russell Street and at Emmanuel School/Church Hollin Bank. Demolished 1991

All Saints' (C of E) National School: (1878-1925) Bolton Road was mixed and included infants

All Saints' Parish: (1872) from the bottom of Lower Audley Street to the railway bridge, along railway to Bolton Station Bridge, thence along Freckleton Street, Canterbury Street, Alice Street, Coal Yard wall, Galligreaves Street, Taylor Street, footpath (near Galligreaves Hall) to river, along river to Ewood bridge and thence along boundary of Christ Church parish to the point of starting. Population: 5,410.

All Saints' Ragged School: (1898)

All Springs: (1878) 6 & 8 Duke's Brow

Alma Buildings: (1903-49) 59 Darwen Street

Alma Court: (1870-1949) (100) 84 Mary Ann Street

Alma Mill (Twenty Steps) Cicely Street (Lane) Higher Audley: built after Crimea War in 1859 by Thomas Carr & James Leaver with a 25hp single beam engine (Industry) by Rothwell & Co. Bolton. Carr & Leaver (1859-66) employed 184 and worked 359 looms. After Carr's bankruptcy leased to John Bayne (1866-74) cotton spinner & manufacturer then bought by Hartley Bros. (1875-1949) 400 looms fine cambrics mulls & jacconette also owned Shelley Road Mills Preston. Opened by Dean Holt & Co in 1949 In 1958 had 192 Northrop looms were operated by Alma Mill Ltd. manufacturing dress fabrics and shirtings. Purchased by J Woodrow & Sons Ltd (1959-60) towelling manufacturers Worked by Henry Franc & Lauder Ltd (1975-6)

Alma Place: (1923) 45 Preston New Road

Alma Street: (1870) 41 Preston New Road named after the Battle of the Alma in the Crimea War 1854 Nos 1-43 and 2-52

Alma Terrace: (1903-2016) 297 Whalley New Road

Almond Street: (1929-59) 101 Union Buildings

Almond Terrace: (built 18  ) 112 Haslingden Road

Almond Villas: (1929-49) 5-7 Duke's Brow

Almshouses: See Nancy Derbyshire and Turner's

Alpine Grove: (1982)

Alston Mill (Cobden St Mill) Gladstone Street Harwood Street Bridge: Stone built spinning mill. Built 1864-6 and opened 1873-4. Worked by W & D Taylor (1878-91) Then Birtwistle Bros. (1891-1917) Run by Alston Mill Co Ltd (1918-75) cotton spinners & manufacturers In 1958 had 16,800 ring spindles The mill was closed by the Birtwistle group in 1975 having been owned since 18/4/1918

Altom Street: (1870) 88 Limbrick Nos 1-69 and 2-86 may have been Althams (1836)

Altom Street (Wesleyan) Methodist (Free) Church: stone-laying ceremony of the School chapel took place on Saturday, 21st February 1874. The opening services were held on Tuesday, 7th July 1874. On 29th April 1892 the foundation stones of the Chapel were laid and the opening took place on Thursday, 13th October 1892. The cost was £1000. It was registered for marriages on 20th February 1894 and de-registered on 6th November 1969.

Alum Crag: (1848) at end of Billinge End Road

Alum House; (1848)

Alum House Brook: (1848)

Alum House Wood: (1848)

Alum Scar: (1851) Pleasington. James Johnston JP (1870)

Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers 21 Clayton Street: (1947-51). secretary: Harry Earnshaw (1947-51)

Amalgamated Engineers' (Engineering) Union 20 Mincing Lane: (1929-56); Wellington St St. John's (1960s). Secretary: J Charnley JP (1947); F Hulme (1951)

Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Trades Union Club Fleming Square: (1881-1915). Secretary: H Pickard (1903-9); Harry Howarth (1915)

Amalgamated Society of Journeymen Cloggers: Blackburn Branch President Thomas Standing (1917). Secretary Hugh Heatley (1917)

Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Association 2 Victoria Street: (1939-51). Secretary: T Southworth (1939); J Cranshaw (1947-51)

Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association 20 Mincing Lane: (1951) secretary: N Wareing (1951)

Amber Avenue: (1941) off Emerald Avenue

Amber Street: (1929) off Emerald Street

Amberley Street: (1899-1982) 38 Peel Street Livesey Nos 3-7 and 2-6

Ambleside Close: (1982)

Ambulance Station: opened in 1962 on George Street West

Amelia Street: (1929-66) Cobden Street

Amethyst Street: (1929) 588 Whalley New Road No 2 (1951)

Amphitheatre Bridge Street/Jubilee Street: (1878-85). Proprietors: J J Mason and R Bennett (1878); Edward Trevanion (1881-5)

Anabaptist Chapel: (1818-24) Islington Town's Moor Darwen Street

Anchor Inn Darwen Street: Over 400 years old when demolished in1870

Ancient Order of Foresters: (1988)

Ancient Order of Shepherds: (1838)

Anderton House Farm: (1915) Wilpshire

Andrew Close: (1982)

Angela Street: (1899-1941) Francis Street Mill Hill Nos 1-41 and 2-34

Anglesey Street: (1903-41) King's Road Livesey No 3

Ansdell Terrace: (1951) Manxman Road

Antiquarian Society (Society of Antiquaries) 44 Ainsworth Street: Hon. sec. Henry Whittaker (1942-51)

Anvil (Anville) Street: (1851-1959) 26 Follywell Street / Lark Hill / Victoria Street Nos 1-109 and 2-86

Apollo 5 Cinema King William Street: See Exchange Picture Hall

The Apostolic Church 18/22 Randal Street: (1950)

Apple Street: (1870-1941) 69 Garden Street Nos 3 and 4-6 Wensley Fold School

Appleby Street: (1870-1982) 8 Milton Street No houses

Appleby Street Mill: Used by R R Jackson for weaving with 275 looms. F F Karck occupied from (1881-5) then John Wilkinson and Son (1891) with Navigation Mill 729 looms dhooties and shirtings. Owned by newly formed Cotton Brothers' Co Ltd (1892-1967) had 168 looms in 1958 making handerkerchiefs. James Tennant cotton manufacturer (1894) Closed in 1967

Appleby Street: Businesses J Appleby & Sons Ltd corn millers and T A Aspden & Sons Ltd timber merchants (1951)

Appleby's Cottages: (1951) Nos 1& 2 Appleby Street

Apsley House: (1929-49) 7 Gawthorpe

Aqueduct Bridge Ewood: Ferro concrete bridge crossing over the River Darwen

Aqueduct Road: (1929) Spring Bank Terrace

Aqueduct Row: (1851)

Archibald Street: (1870-1903) Mill Hill Livesey Nos 19-43

(Ice) Arena: A multi-million pound Olympic sized (60m by 30m) ice rink opened Sunday 20th January 1991. Seating 3,000 people it 60 ft high.

Arcade Buildings: (1870-1949) Fleming Square

(The) Three Arches: (1930) Feniscowles

Argyle Court: (1982)

Argyle Terrace: (1870-1941) 124/114 Preston New Road

Arley Brook: Flows from Beardwood to Toad Hole. Diverted when the turnpike road was built in 1825

Arley Fold: (1848) west of Toad Hole near Woodfold Park

Armenia Mills (Pinch Noggin) (Gordon Street Mill) Boothman Street Lower Hollin Bank Street: owned by Bragg & Kitcher followed by Eddleston & Co Ltd (1891) 400 looms splits coloured handerkerchiefs and jacconettes; Cottons & Haworth (1902) and L & C Cotton (1894-1922) cotton manufacturers then. Ryden's Mill Stores Ltd complete mill furnishers

Army Recruiting Office: (1942) 47 Preston New Road

Arnheim: (1929-49) 49 Preston New Road

A R P: (1939-45) Civil Defence duties controlled by the Chief Constable

Aenold Close: Roman Road

Arnside Crescent: (1982)

Arran Avenue: (1959) Shadsworth

Arterial Road: (1929) comprised Yew Tree Drive, Ramsgreave Drive, Brownhill Drive & Whitebirk Drive. Mostly built by unemployed of the Borough of Blackburn and Rishton costing £141,000 Opened by Sir Henry Maybury, Director General of Roads, in October 1928 having taken 4 years to build It entailed the construction of four bridges, the Brownhill, Harwood Loop and Whitebirk bridges being carried out in re-inforced concrete and the bridge carrying the railway over the road at Whitebirk in steel. The central reservation was planned to have a tramway or light railway along its length.

Art Gallery: See Museum

Arthur Street: (1870-1941) 33/41 Addison Street Nos 5-21 and 2-48

Arthur Way: (1982)

Artillery Street: (1870) Randal Street

Artillery Street (1870-1959) 8 Ordnance Street Nos 7-47 and 2-80

Artillery Volunteers: (3rd L A V) HQ 50 King Street. Captain C A Empson R A. adjutant; P J Sweeny R A. sergeant major George Haskell sergeant instructor (1881) Major J T Bury adjutant (1889) Captain F A Tighe adjutant (1897-1900).
(3rd L R G V) Lieutenant D Langston adjutant (1903)
(5th L A) 40 King Street: Major W D Coddington CO (1870) Captain W H Flynn and adjutant (1870);

Art School: (1912) Sudell Cross

Ash House: (1929-41) 18 Shear Bank Road. Thomas Baynes (1870)

Ashleigh Road: (1929-82) off Heys Lane

Ash Mount: (1929) Park Crescent

Ash Street: (1885) 100 Whalley New Road Nos 3-77 and 6-62

Ash Villa: (1870) 18 Shear Bank Road. See Ash House above

Ashton Court: (1881-1941) Wellington Road Livesey

Ashton Street: (1870-1982) Bonaccord Street / River Street Nos 1-13

Ashton Terrace: (1903) Stopes Brow Lower Darwen Nos 83-99

Ashville Terrace: (1912-82) 424 Bolton Road

Ashworth Close: (1982)

Ashworth Nursery School Addison Close: (1999)

Ashworth Street: (1870-1966) 2 Wensley Street Nos 31 and 32-34

Askam Close: (1982)

Askew Bent Lane: (Further and nearer) (1772) King Street. See Bent (Lane) Gap

Aspden's Buildings: (1886-2001) 17 Preston New Road demolished September 2001 to make way for extension to Barbara Castle Way. Named after Thomas Alexander Aspden whose timber merchants' business was on the site. Has housed many societies and businesses such as the Irish club, the Royal Air Force Association's club, the Literary club, a dancing academy, the Palais de Dance ballroom, the YWCA and Haworth's picture framing business which was the last one to leave.

Aspden Cottage: (1951) Appleby Street

Aspden Court: (1903-41) Stakes Hall Place
Aspden Street: (1870-1959) Stakes Hall Place Mill Hill

Aspden Terrace: (1903) 237 Bolton Road Ewood

Aspic Lambs: (1750)

Aspinal Fold: (1851) Lower Darwen

Aspinall Fold Farm: (1870-1959) Lower Darwen. John Holden (1870) J Mares (1966)

Aspinall Fold: (1836-1959) (Asmaw) Pleckgate Road former weaver's cottages Nos.12-17 early 19th c. listed 1974 of local interest.

Assembly Rooms: there were two, the older at the corner of Market Street Lane opposite the Dun Horse Inn and the other (1804-52) on King Street next to the Hotel. The latter was built in October 1803 and used by the Grammar School prior to moving to Freckleton Street; the Mechanics Institute; the Blackburn Philosophic Society and the Temperance Society.

Assheton Road: (1929) Buncer Lane

Association Methodist Chapel: (1852) Paradise Lane

Assumption of BVM RC Church: (1969) Whalley Old Road Little Harwood

Astley-Gate: (1564) Northgate / 2 Church Street Nos 1-15 and 2-14

Astleys Farm: (1844-94) left of Shear Brow above Oozebooth Terrace

Aston Street: (1903-66) 36 Windham Street Nos 11-37 and 2

Asylum for the Insane: (1870) Workhouse Haslingden Road. See Union Workhouse

Athletic Club & Gymnasium St. Peter Street: (1885). Hon. sec.: J B Bertwistle (1885)

Athlete's Volunteer Force: Blackburn branch ' Last Gaspers' formed (1914) became part of a County Volunteer regiment (1916)

Athol House: (1878-1941) 11 West Park Road

Atkins Street: (1951) No 1

Atlantic Mill (The Bandage) Hall Street Nova Scotia: Built by Alexander Carus & Joseph White (1867-8) manufacturers of plain & fancy cotton goods. Leased to Henry Mercer, Bros. & Co. (1882-9) 964 looms dobbies dhooties & India duty free shirts, N Walmsley & Sons cotton manufacturers (1894) Alexandra Carus & Sons Ltd Ltd (1899-1971) re-started and continued with a brief closure (1930s-7) who had 500 looms. N Walmsley and Sons with Carlisle Steeet Mill 760 looms shirtings printers and jacconettes.

Atlas Ironworks Park Road: Owned by Clayton Goodfellow & Co Ltd (1857-1984) engineers millwrights and iron & brass founders patentees for piston and air pump buckets. Demolished in 2000

Arlas Paper Works: (1903) River Street J T Duxbury & Sons Ltd (1903) paper bag manufacturers

Atlas Works Starkie Street: Owned by Thomas Turner Mercer (Mercer Bros) (1878) shuttle manufacturers

Audley (Haldeley, Haudley, Hawdley): (1311) Anglo-Saxon Aeld-ley meaning Old Field or Place

Audley Area: Had 145 temporary pre-fabs built from around 1948

Audley Barn: (1786)

Audley Bridge: (1870-1959) 176 Lower Audley Street

Audley Bridge Dyeworks: Built in 1917 by Lloynds and Bolton. Plant sold off in 1929.

Audley Bridge Mill (Taylor's): Built by Bennington & Bury (1861-2) and leased to John Baynes (mid 1860s) also briefly run by Charles Bennington before (1869). Owned by David & W Taylor (1870-94) cotton spinners & manufacturers 111,800 spindles 2152 looms plain and figured goods dhooties stripes shirtings twills sheetings flannelettes and home trade goods also Moss Street Cobden Bridgewater Park Place and Jubilee mills then John Taylor (1893-1915) spinners & manufacturers. Audley Bridge Mill Co. Ltd. formed 1917 and continued weaving until 1929

Audley Brook:

Audley Council School: (1930-51) senior mixed opened on 3rd September 1930 off Pringle Street

Audley C Infants School: (1999) Queen's Park Road

Audley C Junior School: (1999) Queen's Park Road

Audley Hall (Hawdley Hall) (South View Terrace 1881): stood on site now covered by Edith Street on the banks of Audley Brook. Was the mansion of the rectors of Blackburn. Believed to go back to 1166 A sisterhood of benedictine nuns existed here in 1532. Sir Thomas Talbot died there in 1558. In 1856 the 317 acres consisted of the tenancies of Audley Hall Farm; Audley Hall Barn; Fish Field and Five Acres; Great and Little Maudsley; Long Meadow; New Hey and Little Meadow; Nearer and Further Dam Hey (Cicely Hole); Smalding's Farm; Snape Fields and Higher Walks; Three Launds; Town Green and the occupation road from Grimshaw Park to Smalding's Cottage. After 1856 some plots were sold and the residue laid out and leased for building purposes. Demolished in June 1888

Audley Hall Brick Works: (1939) operated by Wood Bros Ltd (1939-42)

Audley Hall Farm: (1856-1939). Moses Nightingale (1870); Joseph Nightingale (1878), 184 acres and 25 perches

Audley Hall Mills (Cat Hoyle) Dickens Street: No 1Built 1860-1 by the Audley Hall Co-operative Spinning & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. wound up 1865. Bought by Frank Mitchell (1866-9) Owned by Eli Heyworth & Sons Ltd (1869-1931) cotton manufacturer had 2252 looms fine cambrics long cloths shirtings twills & jacconettes.
No 2 built 1877-8 by Eli Heyworth designed by Miles Aspinall with 1,100 looms. Eli Heyworth & Sons Ltd. re-established by workers (1934-71).
No 3 cloth warehouse, employees' club and garage built 1915 with adjoining sports ground. Sold 1933

Audley Hall Sports Club Pringle Street: (1930-47). secretary: J Armstrong (1930); H Livesey (1935-9); H Smith (1942-7)

Audley Higher Barn: (1844-56) to the south east of Cicely Hole 34 acres and 24 perches

Audley Higher Barn Lane: (1872)

Audley House Audley Lane: built in 1844 by Henry Shaw the brewer. Had four storey malt kilns for his brewery. He moved out to Buxton in 1878 when his partner John Rutherford took on it and the business.

Audley House Club (the Working Men's Reform Club): (1865) 9 & 11 Audley Lane moved into Audley House in 1880 re-named Audley House Reform club. 1893 bowling green constructed. Closed 2002.

Audley Lane: (1795) Copy Nook / Higher Eanam Nos 1-67 and 6-146. Demolished 1970's

Audley Mill Kent Street: Built 1859-60 by Thomas Copeland (1859-70) with 370 looms. Then leased to cotton manufacturer Slater Bros (1878) cotton manufacturers purchased by John Thompson & Co (1880-1946) cotton manufacturers 588 looms shirtings Becoming part of Lilford Weavers in 1946 Weaving discontinued in 1955 when all was transferred to Malvern Mill.

Audley Nursery School: (1979-99) Queens Road

Audley Place: (1851-1951) bottom of Audley Lane

Audley Range: (1870-1941) Audley Bridge called (Th'Werm Hoyle) because of its once open-ness which allowed the east winds to blow down its length. Nos 17-335 and 4-416

Audley Range Brick Works: (1938) North Road

Audley Range Congregational Church: (1885-1988) closed 1988 demolished in 1989 because of dry rot. Spire 130 ft merged with Trinity United Reform church at Brownhill

Audley Range Congregational School: (1881-9) mixed; (1903) mixed and infants

Audley Range Council School: (1912-39) Queen's Park Road mixed and infants

Audley Range Mill (Glory Hoyle): built by Henry Marsden and J H Clark to James Beads' design. They went bankrupt in 1863 and the mill was leased to Eli Heyworth (1863-79) cotton manufacturer. Followed by D & W Taylor (Pilkington, Bros. & Co) (1879-87) then John Hargreaves & Co. weavers (1889-99) 324 looms cambrics Turley reds jacconettes etc and Richard Thompson & Co Ltd (1899-1912) cotton spinners & manufacturers followed by The Castle Manufacturing Co Ltd of Clitheroe (1914-30) cotton manufacturers. Jones' Textilities Ltd (1951) Demolished mid 1970s.

Audley Recreation Ground: See Queen's Park

Audley Secondary Modern School: (1951) Mixed

Audley Sports and Community Centre: (1988-96) Chester Street

Audley Street: (1870-1982) 5 Copy Nook Nos 9-55 and 4-10

Audley Street (Higher): (1870-2) Copy Nook Nos 1-251 and 2-150

Audley Street (Lower): (1875-1951) Nos 3-113 and 4-176

Audley Terrace: (1852-1941) 6/34 Audley Lane Copy Nook

Audley Working Men's Reform Club: (1870) Audley Lane

(The) Augustine Sisters: (1947) 52 Preston New Road

Automobile Club: See Lancashire Automobile Club

Auxiliary Hospitals: See Ellerslie

Auxiliary Territorial Service: (1938)

Avondale: (1903-41) 283 and 285 Preston New Road

Avondale Avenue: (1951) Knuzden Brook Intack

Avondale Street: (1903-66) 45 Belgrave Street Witton Nos 1 and 14-18

Avondale Terrace: (1912) 121 New Wellington Street Mill Hill

Ayr Road: (1959) Shadsworth

Azalea Road: (1903) Granville Road Nos 1-73 and 2-80

Back Adelaide Street: (1870-1941) 48 Leyland Street

Back Ainsworth Street: (1870-1941) 13 Ainsworth Street

Back Bath Street: (1951)

Back Blakey Street: (1870-1929) Winter Street No 4

Back Bolton Street: (1929-41) 2 Hall Street

Back Brewery Street: (1951)

Back Chapel Street: (1870-41) 49 Pearson Street

Back Cooper Street: (1929-59) off Cooper Street

Back Cort Street: (1929-41) 20 Union Street

Back Darwen Street: (1929-41) 17 Darwen Street

Back Dover Street: (1959)

Back Friday Street: (1870-1959) Shorrock Street / Clayton Street Grimshaw Park

Back Garnett Street: (1870-1941) off Garnett Street

Back George Street West: (1870-1959) 8 Addison Street

Back Greaves Street: (1929-41) 64 Leyland Street

Back Gregson Lane: (1929-59) 4 Gregson Lane

Back Hill Street: (1929-41) off Harwood Street

Back Joseph Street: (1870-1941) off Joseph Street

Back King Street: (1929-59) 12 Leyland Street

Back Lane: (1795-1885) 15 Astley Gate now Mincing Lane

Back Livesey Street: (1851)

Back Mary Ann Street: (1929-59) 35 Leyland Street

Back Meadow: (1819) Jubilee Street where the Registry Office stands

Back Moor Street: (1929-41) 25 Syke Street

Back Nelson Street: (1929-41) 1 Nelson Street

Back New Market Street: (1929-41) 64 Northgate

Back o'th Hill: (1832-1929) Pleckgate. William Sharples (1832)

Back Pearson Street: (1929-41) 49 Pearson Street

Back Pitt Street: (1929-59) Park Road

Back Randall Street: (1929-41) Randal Street

Back Regent Street: (1903-41) Regent Street 3 businesses

Back Richard Street: (1929-41) 7 Richard Street

Back Rose Hill: (1929-41) off Higher Barn Street

Back Street Spring: (1929-41) 128 Wensley Street

Back Street: (1836) Nova Scotia

Back Union Street: (1852-1959) 44 Ainsworth Street Nos 9-13 and 16 see Union Street

Back Union Street: (1870) Union Street / Pump Street

Back Water Street: (1929-59) 43 Water Street

Back William Henry Street: (1929-41) 31 William Henry Street

Baden Terrace: (1903-41) 44 Livesey Branch Road / off Orchard Street Nos 1-13

Baggart Hall: (1851)

Baines Street: (1885-1982) Windham Street Nos 1-67 and 2-54

Baker Street: (1929-1982) 225 Audley Range

Balaclava Street: (1870) 19 Randal Street named after the Battle of Balaclava against the Russians in the Crimea on 25th October 1854 in which the charge of the Light Brigade took place. Nos 1-121 and 2-94

Bala Close: (1982)

Baldwin Street: (1888-1982) Hancock Street 1-15 to be bulldozed 2012

Balfour Street: (1903-82) 17 Lancaster Street Nos 2-6 named after Arthur James Balfour PM (1902-5)

Ballantrae Road: (1959) Shadsworth

Balmoral Avenue: (1982)

Balmoral Terrace: (1903-41) (25) 45 Whalley New Road

Balmoral Terrace: (1903-41) 13 Infirmary Road

Bal(c)shaw Fold Farm: (1848-70) Pleasington. Ann Duckworth (1870)

Balshaw's: (Balshofould)(1848) off Mire Ash Mellor

Banana Street: (1890-1903) (now Brighton Terrace) off New Bank Road Nos 2-26

Banbury Close: (1982)

Bancroft Street: (1844-1982) off junction of 65 Eanam and Manner Sutton Street Nos 1 & 3 and 2-6. See Barcroft Street

Band Club (Public) and Institute: 2 Roney Street (1930-47). secretary: N Hunt (1930)

Band of Hope Union: Randal Street (1923-39); 15 Progress Street (1947). Secretary: F Parry (1930); G Lancaster (1947)

Bandstand Corporation Park: The first one was erected in 1880 but only survived until a second one was opened 17th September 1909 by Councillor J H Higginson over 6,000 people attended. In the last year of the first bandstand a concert of open air music was staged with a gramaphone using electricity amplifying the sound. Being before the days of radio it was a novel event and attracted an audience of 20,000 people .1200 persons could sit on collapsible iron chairs on the terraces around the octagonal bandstand for 1d. It was constructed of ornamental ironwork holding 60 performers and the whole area was enclosed by iron railings. The opening performance was given by the band of the Border Regiment; the works played included a selection from Lehar's 'The Merry Widow' and some of Harry Lauder's songs. It was demolished for scrap in 1941.

Bandstand Queen's Park:

Bangor Boys' Club: (1955). Warden Mr Brooks (res 1955)

Bangor Street: (1929) off Troy Street

Bangor Street Boys' Secondary Modern School: (1951)

Bangor Street Open Air School: (1924-5)

Bangor Street Secondary Modern Girls' School: (1951)

Bangor Street (Central) Council School: (1911-25) mixed and infants; (1930-51) senior boys and girls; Was erected in 1910-11 at a cost of £14,500 being formally opened in January 1912 by the Chairman of the Education Sub-committee, Councillor Higginson. Provision for instruction of 905 children in gardening, handicraft and domestic subjects The Boys' and Girls' schools were amalgamated from 1st September 1960.

Bangor Street Community Association: (1988-96) Bangor Street

Bank Arm: (1836) on left of Dukes Brow opposite Wagtail. John Smith (1870)

Bank Brow: (Duke's Brow)

Bank Chambers: (1870-1949) 2 Lord St. West / top of Feilden Street

Bank Cottage: Eanam Wharf. Grade 2 listed 1974. Built about 1840

Bank Estate: (1750) For Peels & Pollard Closes

Bank Foundry: (1844) Harrison Street Nova Scotia owned by Joseph Harrison & Sons (1870) iron & brass founders iron merchants machine & powerloom makers

Bankfield Mill Ordnance Street Copy Nook: erected in (1852-4) by Thomas Firth & J B Sturdy cotton spinners & manufacturers Weaving shed built in 1861 leased to Thomas Abbott (1878) cotton spinner & manufacturer followed by John Southworth & Sons (1894-1902) and Birtwistle Bros (1902) cotton spinners and manufacturers returned to Firth & Sturdy (1891-1904) cotton spinners & manufacturers 45,000 spindles.
E & G Hindle Ltd (1900-30) cotton spinners & manufacturers purchased the whole mill from the executors of Firth in 1900. Leased the spinning shed to Birtwistle Bros. but was returned to them in 1905. Spinning ceased in 1936. Tape sizing, engine and boiler house, 1914 weaving shed and warehouse demolished in 1984.

Bank Field Shed: (1891) John Southworth 540 looms fine shirtings cambrics satteens fancys and jacconettes also Brook's Mill Clitheroe and Lee Mill Horwich.

Bank Hey (Banck Hey, Banke Hey) Whalley Old Road Little Harwood: A Jacobean homestead built on the foundations of a much older house (1523). The inscribed stone over the doorway reads ' I.P.A.' (John and Ann Peel) 1687. Near to site of battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists in Civil War.

Bank Hey Close: (1982)

Bank Hey Cottages: (1851-1982) handloom weavers' cottage                                                         

Bank Hey Farm: (1870) Bank Hey Lane Little Harwood. George Greaves (1870) part Thomas Haydock (1911) and part S W Cartman (1911) sold by owner Percy Ashton (1911). Now Miles Wife Hey

Bank Hey Farm: (1870-1966) Heys Lane James Mares (1870) Jim Thistlethwaite (1980) J Thistlethwaite (1966)

Bank Hey Lane North: (1951) Brownhill Drive

Bank Hey Lane South: (1951) Whalley Old Road

Bank Hey Lane Ends Farm: (1941-59)

Bank Hey Special School: (1992-99) Heys Lane

Bank House: Adelaide Terrace Duke's Brow one of the oldest jacobean 17th c. houses in Blackburn. Grade 2 listed in 1951 along with the statues in the garden including 'spewing laddie'. Most likely built by Thomas Whalley gentleman, in or about 1628. He refused to be knighted by Charles 1 and was fined £10

Bank House: (1870) Wellington Street (St. John's). Thomas Howard (1870)

Bank Lane Previously Sandy Lane: (1848) 530 Accrington Road

Bank Lane Farm: (1870) Lower Darwen. Betty Gorse (1870)

Bank Lane End Farm: (1902) Lower Darwen

Bank Lane Ends Farm: (1844-1958) Haslingden Road Whinny Heights

Bank Mill Cherry Tree: Built by Thomas & Alexander Mercer (1861-5) run by Cherry Tree Mill Co. formed in 1869. W & J Yates compound engine installed 1863-4. Owned by John Dugdale & Sons (1877-1959) cotton spinners & manufacturers along with Cherry Tree Cecils Street Daisyfield and Plantation mills

Bank (Hill) mill Nova Scotia owned by Forrest Bros (1852) cotton spinners and manufacturers later owned by John Dugdale & Sons (Spinners) Ltd (1893-1958) cotton spinners & manufacturers

Bank Mill Terrace: (1870-1941) Cherry Tree Nos 1-31

Bank Place: (1865-1941) 2/4 St Andrew's Street

Bank Side: (1929-41) Edgeware Road

Bank Street: (1836) Snig Brook

Bank Street: (1795-1852) off Sudell Street now King Street first Blackburn Bank

Bank Street: (1929-59) Geddes Street Feniscliffe

Bank Terrace: (1870-1941) St. Andrew's Street / 18 Wellington Street St. John's

Bank Terrace: (1903-41) Cherry Tree Nos 1-13

Bank Top: (1824) 83 Whalley Banks King Street Nos 1-85 and 2-144

Bank Top British School: Mixed and infants (1878-1903)

Bank Top Community Association: (1996)

Bank Top Congregational Sunday School: (1887-1933)

Bank Top Council School: (1912-72) West Street junior mixed and infants see Griffin Park CP School

Bank Top Foundry: (Works) owned by James Henry Garstang (1870) ironfounder then Ashton, Frost & Co Ltd (1878-1911) iron & brass founders engineers millwrights machinery manufacturers. Chris.Holden Ltd stockholders of power plant & machinery

Bank Top Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd.: grocers and drapers 122/124 Bank Top (1870); 69 Duckworth Street (1878) and 58 Lansdowne Street (1878) Witton. Secretary: Samuel Chadburn (1878)

Bank Top Industrial School: Opened for the benefit of unemployed operatives based on the Phoenix and Bank Top mills 23/10/1853 Founder, superintendent and teacher Thomas Wilkinson (1793-1874)

Bank Top Mill Dixon Street: Built (1845-6) by Sam Hibbert & William Garlick of Pearson Street. Owned by Hibbert Samuel & Co (1845-57) cotton spinners and manufacturers before selling to W H Hornby who had 242 looms and 14,000 mule spindles using 240 employees. E Ainsworth & Co cotton manufacturers (1894)

Bank Top Mill Co (Blackburn) Ltd.: (1870-1947) owned by W H Hornby spinners & cotton manufacturers until 1880s then leased with 546 looms shirtings and dhooties to E Ainsworth & Co. but took over again in 1891

Bank Top Primary School: (1889)

Bank View: (1870-1941) 29/31/33/55 Preston New Road. Thomas Firth (1870)

Bank Villas: (1903-41) Cherry Tree 3 houses

Bank Villas: (1863) (55/57) 90 Preston New Road. Joseph Constantine, John Thompson, Robert Parkinson, William W Tattersall, Henry Ward (1870)

Banson House Farm: (1915)

Baptist Chapel: (1852) Ainsworth Street

Baptist (Particuler) Chapel Islington Darwen Street: built in 1764. Inititated by Adam Holden from Rossendale who died before its completion leaving a legacy of £80 to further the work Galleries were added in 1808 and the school rooms next door added in 1832. It was the first Nonconformist building in the town. Demolished 1930

Baptist Chapel: Leamington Road was opened on 2nd May 1895. Red brick and terra-cotta romanesque, designed by Messrs. Briggs and Wolstenholme of Blackburn. Seating 450 persons the cost of erection was £6,000. A fine-tuned organ was erected in December 1895 costing £600.

Baptist Chapel Montague Street: built in 1840 of gothic design, re-built in 1910 at a cost of £5,000 seating 600 persons. A war memorial window was installed in 1921 at a cost of £400 in memory of the men of the congregation who fell in the Great War. A very fine organ was installed in 1912 at a cost of £800.

Barbara Castle Way: from Eanam to Preston New Road opened 1992 costing £2.2m. Named after Barbara Castle MP for Blackburn Extension costing £2.5m from Preston New Road to Montague Street opened on Friday 6th June 2003 by Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP

Barbara Castle Way Health Centre (2012) opened by Holly Bleasdale Blackburn Harrier pole vaulter Friday 16th March at a cost of £21m

Barcroft Street: (1844) Eanam. See Bancroft Street

Bar House Fold: See Bowerhouse Fold

Bark Street: (1852) Snigbrook

Barker(s) Lane: (1841) Seven Acre Brook Ramsgreave

Barker Lane Farm (Heaps): (1870) Ramsgreave. Thurstan Charnley (1870); Robert Simpson (1870)

Barley Close: (1982)

Barley Lane: (1818-1982) 59 Snigbrook / Montague Street Nos 1-13 and 6 & 8

Barley Way: (1982)

Barlow Fold: (1872-1949) 65 Grimshaw Park

Barlow Street: (1852) Brookhouse St. Alban's Place

Barmouth Crescent: (1966)

Barnabas Street: (1982)

Barn Field: (1739) top of Beardwood Brow

Barn Gill Close: (1982)

Barn Meadow and Garden: (1716-39) in Mill Lane area

Barnes Farm: (1881-1941) Lower Darwen

Barnes Street: (1870-1966) St Clement Street Bottomgate

Barnes, William: (1891) Bleacher Whitebirk

Baron's Close: (1982)

Baron's Way: (1982)

Baron's (Barron) Yard: (1903-59) 114 Darwen Street occupied by Robinson Bros (Blackburn) Ltd (1930) yarn dyers

Barrcroft: (1929) Carr Lane

Barton Street: (1870) 8 Cardwell Place / Blakey Moor Nos 1-33 and 2-4

Barton Street Gymnasium: a handicraft school in 1939 in (1951) remedial class (speech defects) for speech defects

Barton Street Methodist Free Church School: (1881) mixed and infants

Barton Street Wesleyan School: mixed (1878)

Bassfield: (1836)

Bastfield Mill Cob Wall: A stone weaving shed and 3 storey warehouse built in 1862-3 by James Astley & Co cotton manufacturers with 887 looms. Sold to William Almond & Co. (1880-5) then leased to E & G Hindle (1885-94) 2591 looms mulls jacconettes & scarves also owned Hollinshead Mill Tockholes. Modernised by them after World War 1 and upgraded in 1929 it was closed in 1962 after Hindles had ceased trading in 1959. Sold to Bancofts of mill next door 'Creative Mill' still worked by J & J Porter for textile purposes (1976)

Bassfield Place: (1870-1941) Cob Wall / 9 Maple Street

Bassfield Terrace: (1870-1941) Ash Street/Cob Wall

Bastwell (Baddestwysel, Bastweele, Bastwill): (13th cent)

Bastwell Brickfield: (1750)

Bastwell Crescent: (1903-12) 154 Whalley New Road

Bastwell Dyeworks: Willow Street Little Harwood, established 1876 by Joseph Bradley for India Rubber production. The buildings were converted by Sochroite Dyeing Co. Ltd by the late 1880s. In the 1890s W Kay & Sons used the site for waste cotton bleaching and Kerr and Hoegger Ltd with Canterbury Dye Works. Hodgson, Loynds and Taylor later Hodgson & Taylor Yarn Dyers Bleachers Mercerisers Finishers etc. took over (1901-1954). Dyehouse later demolished.

Bastwell House: See Lower Ouzebooth

Bastwell Road: (1885-41) 165 Whalley New Road Nos 1-69 and 2-66

Bastwell Terrace: (1870-1941) 61 Whalley Road/79 Whalley New Road

Bastwell View: (1870-1912) 55/89 Whalley Road

Bastwell Villas: (1878-1941) 47 Whalley Road/156 Whalley New Road

Bates Street: (1870-1959) 31 Accrington Road

Bath Cottage: (1929-49) 9 Redlam Brow

Bath Mill Byrom Street: Built 1866 purchased by Solomon Longworth and leased to D & W Taylor (1870-80) cotton manufacturers then Thomas Longworth Ltd (Solomon Longworth & Sons) (1880-1930) cotton manufacturers 1054 looms dhooties dobbies and plain goods . also Walpole Street mill and Judge Walmsley Mill Whalley. Site of weaving shed used for building St Peter's C of E Boys' Secondary Modern School (1939)

Bath Street: (1870-1982) off Alma Street / New Park Street Nos 2-22 and 21

Bath Street: (1870-1941) 9 Bridgwater Street Witton

Bathurst Street: (1903-82) 33 Alma Street Nos 1-11 and 2-8

The Battery Corporation Park: See The Cannons / Panopticon

Bay Horse Inn Salford: Dates back prior to1793 it was demolished in 1846 when the Salford bridge was widened it was rebuilt some 50 ft further back beyond the river Blakewater. This Hotel was in turn demolished in 1963.

Bay Street: (1899-1941) Coniston Road Little Harwood Nos 17-29 and 22-78

Baywood Street: (1903-41) Cedar Street Nos 1-33 and 8-14

BBC Radio Lancashire (Blackburn): Originally in King Street moved to purpose built premises in Darwen Street opposite the cathedral. Became BBC Radio Lancashire in

Beaconsfield Terrace: (1889-1941) Lilford Road (The Paddock) 35 Park Avenue

Beamish Avenue Fearnhurst: (1990s)

Bear Dancing: Was two urchins, one covered in sack cloth, who accompanied the girls on May Day and danced with a 6 ft rope around his neck, held by the other. The song "addy, addy ong cong kay" was sung by them.

Beardsworth Fold: (1833)

Beardsworth Street: (1899-1941) 189 Whalley Old Road Little Harwood Nos 3 and 2-46

Beardwood (Berdewrthe; Berdwood; Burdeswurth; Burdeworthgreve): (1258) area similar to today's. Probably from Beorh-wuda meaning the Wood on the Hill

Beardwood Avenue: (1941) Preston New Road

Beardwood Bank: (1866-1941) Preston New Road. Built by John Lewis

Beardwood Brow: (1929-41) Revidge Road

Beardwood Cliffe: (1870-41) (Nazereth House) Preston New Road. Daniel Thwaites (1870)

Beardwood Cottages Beardwood: Tenement farm. A pair of handloom weavers' cottages

Beardwood Drive: (1941-51) Preston New Road

Beardwood Estate: (1750)

Beardwood Farm (1881)

Beardwood Fold: 18th c. listed 1974 of local interest. Occupied by handloom weavers' early 1800s 6 families

Beardwood Fold Farm: (1902-66). S. Entwistle (1966)

Beardwood Hall: (1590) Preston New Road Home of Roger Gyllybrand of Chorley Owned by James Neville (1878) Home of Sir John and Lady Taylor who entertained the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1939 Also home of W E Woolley chairman of the Blackburn & District Hospital Management Committee and a local industrialist. Opened as a private Nursing Home in 1957 by Sister Mary Columba of the Sisters of Our Lady of Compassion Sold to a private health provider in 1991 becoming Beardwood Hospital